Origami (折り紙, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper"; kami changes to gami due to rendaku) is the traditional Japanese art
of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest
and was popularized outside of Japan in the mid-1900s.
It has since then
evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a
flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and
sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not
considered to be origami.
Paper cutting and gluing is usually considered
kirigami.
Cutting was often used in traditional Japanese origami, but modern
innovations in technique have made the use of cuts unnecessary. Most
origami designers no longer consider models with cuts to be origami,
instead using the term Kirigami to describe them.
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